Have any of you beauty's on here painted your mirrors to match the truck? if so may i see pictures and can you let me know how you did it for prep ie. priming etc. i know you wont have to sand them because they are rough already. any pointers would be fantastic thanks!

whether it be normal or towing mirrors i would like to see!

silver 06 XLT screw normal mirrors.

 

I painted mine on my old truck. I sanded them smooth, cleaned them with a degreaser, used a adhesion promoter, and put on a few coats of paint and clear.

 

Dont they make mirror caps for the top of our trucks?

 

They do and you could buy those sand and paint them. This was free though, since I had color match paint laying around from the badges I had done.

 

Yea I would just buy the skull caps online or at any automotive place and paint them to match the truck. I had taken the tow mirrors of my dads king ranch when he sold it and put them on my lariat. His truck was burgundy and mine is black so I repainted them. I ended up buying chrome caps from tasca anyways and have a spare set sitting around. I've seen people ptm with the chrome handles as well.

 

i did the same exact thing as the first guy.

 

Will those caps fit the regular mirrors?

 

No, the ones I have are only for the towing mirrors but they are actually a lot harder to find then the caps for the standard mirrors. My cousin bought stainless caps from autozone but the ford ones are just plastic. Plastic would be cheaper. Here is a crappy picture of his.

 

How much were they do you know? Also did he have to special order them er what?

 

I think the stainless were around $80 and the plastic are $60. You probably can find them cheapest online. I would just get the plastic if you are going to paint them.